Mandel Bread
Friendly warning: once you start, you'll crave one with all cups of coffee from here on out!
Servings: 20 cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine eggs and sugar in large bowl and whisk until combined.
- Add in the remaining ingredients and begin mixing with whisk until just combined. Once the dough gets stiff, finish mixing with hands until it fully comes together.
- Form a rectangle shaped loaf, about 1 inch thick, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle a light dusting of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top (you probably won't use the entire mixture, just sprinkle til your heart's content!).
- Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Turn the oven to broil.
- Using a serrated knife, slice across the short end of the loaf into 1 to 1 ½ inch thick pieces and then cut each piece in half crosswise. Place slices back onto the cookie sheet, cut side down, and lightly brown on both sides under the broiler. Watch closely as this happens quickly! It will probably take about 3 minutes on each side, depending on your broiler.
- Remove cookies from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
- Then, as Granny says, enjoy with coffee for a tasty treat!